COMA

A Crack in a Castle of Glass

"No, no, no, no....this can't be true..." Nanon mumbled, trying to calm his very fast beating heart down – it felt as though, his heart was about to explode out of his chest – Unfortunately his brain started to work properly again and his subconscious was feeding more and more information into his actual brain. The more realization Nanon got, the lesser he was able to physically function right, his legs gave in and his body temperature changed dangerously fast from hot to cold and cold to hot in seconds. He knew why they were here and he knew who must have been laying on the bed.
Nanon was just not ready to face it. Not yet. Nobody told him and as long as Nobody told him, it wasn't really true.

"Mr Korapat..."
"No – No, I don't want to hear it"
"Mr. Korapat please...we really need you to make a decision – "
"No...no..no...I don't even know what for? I mean, he is perfectly able to make his own decisions, why not go and ask him?"
The Doctor was now turning to Nanon's Mother, who was still sitting on the floor, dropping the last remaining tears her Body had to offer. She was in no state to speak, yet, somehow the doctor thought of her saner and more capable than the man standing in front of him.

"Mr Korapat, I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation...."
"Yes, of course I do. There was an accident and he got hurt a little – some bruises? Some cuts to his arms and legs maybe, but he will be alright – right? So just wait for him to rest a little and then ask him all the questions you want...-"

The Doctor now looked at him with great concern, in fact, he was looking at him as if he wanted to admit him straight to a closed up facility for mentally sick people.

"Mr Chittsawangdee was involved in a  major and fatal car accident. Due to the fact that he wasn't wearing a seatbelt, the Airbags weren't able to shield him from the immense force that hit him when he tried to dodge a obstacle that was wrongly misplaced on the street." Nanon looked at the Doctor in disbelieve. Ohm never – NEVER – forgot to put on his seatbelt, in fact, he was always the one reminding Nanon of putting on his own.
"That's impossible....",Nanon coughed and laughed "You don't know Ohm...Ohm always puts on a seatbelt, it's the first thing he does when he seats in his car, he is very careful..."
"Maybe he was stressed or distracted at the time being...there could be many reasons..."
"NO!", Nanon didn't mean to shout at the doctor. "I am sorry...I didn't mean to be loud. I just know that Ohm wouldn't do that...under no circumstances"
"I am sorry Mr Korapat but Mr Chittsawangdee is human. Humans are made to make mistakes, we are unlike robots, who are designed to be perfect"
"When can we take him home?" That Question caused everyone on the floor to turn to him. He didn't know why though. He understood, Ohm had a car accident and that it was major, but he still couldn't understand what everyone was being so sad or devastated about. Ohm would stay here a few more nights and then come home – End of story –

"Noooon...", Nonnie stepped away from their mother, standing in front of Nanon now, taking his hands in to her own. "Come with me" – She pulled him along, urging him to follow her and Nanon did.

She took him into the room, where they stood moments ago, when his head was spinning and he was hearing blurry conversations...He then realized that this was Ohms room; he was the person laying on the bed, that Nanon couldn't recognize at first or maybe his brain wasn't allowing the blurry visions to be clear enough, so he could see it was Ohm. But it was Ohm – it was him – his Ohm.

Only the Person on the bed right in front of him, didn't really look like the Ohm he remembered.
Ohm's face was covered in blood strains and terrible bruises, his left leg was laying on a leg holder, the ones only hospitals had, when you broke your leg. His other leg was looking ok other than the bruises on them, his upper body wasn't that lucky it seemed. Half of his upper body was double bandaged including both his arms.
He was not moving, Nanon couldn't even see if he was breathing, he was laying there, so still, so vulnerable, so unlike the ever so energetic and playful Ohm that he knew.
Looking at him, in that state...Nanon could feel his recovered confidence fade in a split second. Seeing him like this, made him realize, that it was way more serious than he thought and that, by the looks of it, Ohm wouldn't be coming home anytime soon...
He felt his heart beat faster again and his breathing was getting more and more uneven. He felt his head spinning again and the familiar feeling of wanting to vomit came back. The thing that freaked Nanon out more than seeing Ohm bruised up and hurt, was all the tubes that came out of Ohm's Body. What were they for? One didn't need that many tubes to recover, right?

"What is that for? " Nanon tried to speak but his voice came out dry and worked up, he knew it wouldn't be long before the storm finally also reached to him. He pointed at a particularly big tube, with a big thing attached to it, covering almost half of Ohms face.

"Please, let me...please" Nonnie pleaded with the doctor, looking at him with sorrowful eyes. After having spoken to Nanon, the doctor understood the gravity of the matter and granted Nonnie her wish of wanting to speak to her brother alone. Nanon didn't like the atmosphere at all – he was, not to say the least, surprised why he hadn't passed out just yet or bursted into tears; He was normally the one to always get emotional first. Seeing Nonnie and his mother cry, his mother even breaking down right infront of him, unable to tell her son the truth about the whole situation, would have been enough to send a distressed Nanon over the edge, why didn't this?

Nanon was now looking at Nonnie, who was trying very hard to keep her tears back.
"Non, I don't really know how to start-" She turned and looked at Ohm, who was still laying there unconscious, eyes still shut, not breathing – so it seemed.

"Non... the doctors said that Ohm suffered from a severe bleed in his brain, causing him to have lost all the physical functionalities of his body.." She stopped carefully, caressing the back of his hand, which were still clenched on tightly to her hands, looking at him with caution in her expression. Nanon just starred back at her, indicating no facial reaction, which irritated Nonnie. She knew her brother, he would have sheered a tear by now or be shaking or did anything that implied he was sad, but Nanon did neither, which was very non typical for him. It scared Nonnie – it scared her a lot.
She had never seen her brother like this, - so calm, especially in this situation. She continued.
"so the doctors say, he has a very small chance of regaining consciousness and if he did, he would probably be severely disabled" Nanon just continued to stare at her, listening carefully "Non..he is not able to breath on his own, that's why, they had to put him on life support and...-"She was now crying again" ...and the doctors want you to make a decision wether they should keep him alive or turn off the life support...sin-sin-since he made you his legal proxy" There was still no reaction from Nanon other than the stare...which now really freaked Nonnie out.
"Non..did you hear what I just said?" She was now waving her hands In front of his face, as if she tought of him being suddenly blind. There was no reaction. Nonnie then noticed that there was white fluid coming out of one corner of Nanons mouth, she also noticed that his eyes weren't brown, like it normally used to be, it had a white blurry shade to it and he was now shaking... - Oh no..

"HELP! HELP! My Brother...I-I-think he is having a mental breakdown.."
"No..he is having a seizure caused by extreme Shook – I need a tray and two more Sisters please – STAT!" Nanon was now shaking violently, white fluid coming out in endless Stream, his eyes rolling to the back of his head. Nonnie had never seen her brother like this before.

Of course, Nanon's Body reacted, just not in the way everyone was used to. His brain processed the information way faster, than the rest of his Body. Due to the gravity of the information and the realization of possibly losing Ohm forever, his body froze and seized to function properly. From the outside it seemed as if he was listening to Nonnie but in reality, he already stopped working as a human being. A life without Ohm – Was that even possible?

"Nanon Honey?" Nanon's Mother came rushing into the room, trying to get to her son. "Its going to be alright Sweetheart"
"Mrs Ning, please – we need to get your son to a different wing, he is severely dehydrated and needs medical attention – NOW!" With that, Nanon's mother moved out of the way, turning back to Nonnie, who was as speechless as everyone else.